Viral Dermatoses in HIV/AIDS Patients
Specific manifestations of viral dermatoses may serve as diagnostic clues of HIV/AIDS as well as indicators of patients’ immune status. For example, oral hairy leukoplakia facial molluscum contagiosum are markers of AIDS patients. In this chapter, the aut
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Mucocutaneous Manifestations of HIV/AIDS
Yu-Ye Li • Kun-Hua Wang • Li He Editors
Mucocutaneous Manifestations of HIV/AIDS Early Diagnostic Clues
Editors Yu-Ye Li Department of Dermatology and Venereology First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University Kunming China Li He Department of Dermatology and Venereology First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University Kunming China
Kun-Hua Wang Department of General Surgery NHC Key Laboratory of Drug Addiction Medicine First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University Kunming China
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Foreword
The mucocutaneous manifestations of systemic diseases are important to recognize and treat, and this is particularly true when such manifestations complicate a disease as complex as human immunodeficiency disease (HIV). In this edited volume, a distinguished group of clinicians and investigators provide a broad overview of the mucocutaneous manifestations of HIV, including common and rare dermatoses. In some cases, the chapters emphasize common viral and bacterial infections which may include more aggressive or unique presentations in patients with untreated or poorly treated HIV disease. Quite appropriately, a whole chapter is devoted to syphilis, an important coinfection in men who have sex with men (MSM) with HIV infection. Syphilis and other STIs facilitate transmission of HIV and when detecte
